Brian:
Would you say more? I saw Burn (Quemada) when it first came out, and it had a terrific impact, at least on us then-young lefties in NYC. But I have no idea which version I saw. It was a commercial release, and in Times Square, too. Fifty cents for the movie. 75 cents for a plate of meetballs and spaghetti across the street. Life was good. Did any of us ever get to see the unexpurgated version? Which is which? What are the differences?
Mike Hirsch
On 11/3/05, BklynMagus <magcomm at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> Dear List:
>
> A while back we spoke of Marlon Brando.
>
> Four of his films are coming out on dvd on Tuesday.
>
> Here is my handy homo-guide to the releases:
>
> THE FUGITIVE KIND (1959) -- Joanna's favorite (if I
> remember). Presented in 1:66 original aspect ratio,
> the acting is fine, as is Sideny Lumet's direction and
> Boris Kaufman's cinematography. It is the last
> Brando performance before he pivots even further
> toward strangeness, which will produce great results
> in the late '60's/early '70's, but some clunkers along
> the way.
>
> BURN! (1969) -- Alas, we are presented with the cut/
> dubbed version rather than the complete original.
> You get Brando's voice but little else.
>
> THE MISSOURI BREAKS (1976) -- The last film of that
> intense '70's loose trilogy: THE GODFATHER; LAST
> TANGO IN PARIS and this Arthur Penn film. Brando
> seems to be acting outside of the movie -- almost in
> aesthetic dialectic with it -- Penn admirably holds it
> together and Jack is game, but Nicholson's plot-
> resolving action seems motivated by the dictates of
> both the narrative and Brando's anarchic performance.
> Undervalued at its time of release, this film is ready to
> be rediscovered (along with Arthur Penn's other great
> '70's film recently released on dvd -- NIGHT MOVES
> (1975) -- a film noir to end all films noirs.
>
> A DRY WHITE SEASON (1989) -- Brando's last important
> performance before flesh and caricature immobilized him,
> A DRY WHITE SEASON is also the first Hollywood studio
> film to be helmed by a Black woman -- Euzhan Palcy.
> Brando thought the film important enough to do for free
> (and was rewarded with an eighth and final Academy
> Award nomination), but the role is small -- only two scenes
> at the center of the film that serve as a hinge between the
> halves of the story. But what a pair of scenes! For a final
> time Brando summons what made him so watchable and
> effortlessly conveys his mastery to the audience.
>
> Brian Dauth
> Queer Buddhist Resister
>
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